Map your mind

What's on your mind?

Tap the mic. Say whatever's in your head. YapBrain sorts the mess into next steps and grows a map of your mind — a second brain with zero setup.

Start yapping — it's free See a brain map

How it works

Three steps, zero setup

Yap it out

One mic button. No folders, no tags, no blank page. Talking is faster than typing, and it catches thoughts before they dissolve.

It sorts itself

Every yap gets quietly organized, Getting Things Done style: next actions, projects, worries, someday-maybes. You never file anything.

See your brain

After a few days of yapping, YapBrain draws your mind as a living map — the loops you circle, the tasks that stick, when your energy peaks.

The privacy promise

Your yaps never leave home

Your yaps download straight to your phone or computer. We never get a copy — not on our servers, ever.

No account neededOpen the app and start talking. There is nothing to sign up for.

Stored on your deviceEverything lives in your browser's local database, with you.

Yours in one fileDownload everything you've ever said any time — it stays readable even if YapBrain disappears.

What's inside

A whole second brain, one mic button

Next actions that write themselves

Say it once and it lands on your task list with a next step attached — no filing, no forms.

A living brain map

Your themes become circles, your patterns become lines. Drag them around, tap any circle to read the yaps behind it.

People pages

Keep the things you want to remember about the people you care about, one card each.

Find any thought again

Search everything you've ever yapped in one box — it's all on your device, so it's instant.

A two-minute reset

When your head is loud, YapBrain reads your open loops and walks you through a short breather built around them.

Yours to take anywhere

Export your yaps as Markdown for Obsidian or as a single file. No lock-in, ever.

This is your yap rabbit

Ears up, always listening — never judging. It blinks, it wiggles, and it's very happy every time you empty your head. Say hi on your way into the app.

Why it's different

Built for brains that don't think in lists

Your head is a bad place to store things — and planners keep assuming you have a different brain. YapBrain doesn't ask you to maintain a system. Capture takes five seconds, the sorting is automatic, and the reward isn't a tidy archive: it's finally seeing what's actually on your mind.

If you've ever built the perfect Obsidian vault in one glorious weekend and never opened it again — this one's for you.

From the blog

Thinking out loud, written down

The five-minute brain dump beats every planner you've abandoned How to empty your head in five minutes without turning the cleanup into a project. Four ADHD productivity styles, and what works for each The Sprinter, the Night Owl, the Body Doubler, the Out-Louder. Find your pattern. Second brains work for ADHD when the setup gets out of the way The people who need a second brain most are the ones the tools keep losing.

Your head deserves the day off

Tap the mic, say the messy thing, and let your second brain hold it for a while.

Start yapping — it's free Free · No account · Stays on your device